tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479869.post112478638634684791..comments2023-04-16T06:55:05.957-07:00Comments on Japanikate: When in Chiba...Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831377080748739619noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479869.post-1125159104754154562005-08-27T09:11:00.000-07:002005-08-27T09:11:00.000-07:00Yeah, and have you looked at the address in Japane...Yeah, and have you looked at the address in Japanese? I personally never got good at writing kanji so that it's actually readable, so, on several ocassions, I was signing up for something -- a Costco membership or a video store card or something -- and I had to ask the clerk to copy my address for me from my gaijin card. In other words, I had to basically ask, "Um. . . can you tell me where I live?"<BR/><BR/>And yeah, "Makuhari" sounds cool as ben (Nihongo: "shit"). Not to mention your train stop, "Keihin-Makuhari," which means seaside Makuhari.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479869.post-1125149276478696572005-08-27T06:27:00.000-07:002005-08-27T06:27:00.000-07:00Yep, I keep asking people where I live because my...Yep, I keep asking people where I live because my address is a full paragraph! I finally figured out that Grand Patios is the name of the building I live in. So thankyou Ben for clearing that up for me and my viewers! Makuhari sounds way cooler anyway!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831377080748739619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479869.post-1124843479752043612005-08-23T17:31:00.000-07:002005-08-23T17:31:00.000-07:00You may've figured this out by now, Kate, but for ...You may've figured this out by now, Kate, but for the benefit of your readers: you're not in Chiba. You're in a suburb called Makuhari (assuming you're at the address listed below). Your Byzantine Japanese address lists Chiba twice because Makuhari is in the Chiba ward of Chiba prefecture. Chiba city -- in Chiba ward of Chiba prefecture -- is about twenty minutes east on the Keiyo line.<BR/><BR/>It's funny that you made that confusion, though. It shows how ridiculous Japan is -- i.e., you'd be excused for thinking you're in a city there in Makuhari. But no, you're in a densely populated suburb of a city, Chiba, which is itself more or less a suburb of Tokyo. What's in between all those densely populated suburbs? More suburbs filled with highrise apartments. Ain't no city like a Japanese city, cause a Japanese city don't stop.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, anyway, I look forward to these updates, since -- to clear up confusion for anyone reading this who doesn't know me -- I used to live in that very apartment and work that very job.<BR/><BR/>Oh! And you should get in touch with that guy Jesse. I only met him once, but he's awesome.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Benjo-chanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com